Contacts

Our Employment practice group is led by Faisal Daudpota, the Senior Partner of our firm. He can be reached at faisal@daudpota.com

Overview

We understand that Labor and Employment Laws are usually complex. This is for the reason that many governments view that a balanced labour policy should be based on objectives such as:

- Workers’ right to form unions and unions should be protected and an institutional framework be made available to foster close cooperation between workers and employers at establishment level
- Equitable adjustment of rights between workers and employers should be ensured in an atmosphere of harmony, mutually beneficial to the workers and the management
- Adequate security of jobs should be available to the workers and there should be expeditious redressal of their grievances
- Conditions should be created that workers and employers are committed in enhancing the labor productivity
- Promotion to higher jobs be ensured at all levels based on suitability and merit and for this purpose arrangements should be made for in-service training facilities
- Facilities for proper matching of job opportunities and the job seekers be strengthened and standard procedures be streamlined
- Social insurance schemes to be further strengthened
- Just and humane conditions of work be guaranteed to all workers
- Provisions relating to the employment of children to be strictly adhered to and be enforced

Our Services

We assist our clients as to following aspects of Labor and Employment law:

- Termination of employees
- Developing employee policies, and codes of conduct
- Data protection, privacy, and employee monitoring in workplace
- Background checks screening and disciplinary investigations
- Confidentiality, trade secrets, and intellectual property
- Non-compete and non-disclosure agreements
- Discrimination and unfair dismissals
- Appointment letters and employment contracts
- Litigation before courts and tribunals

Recent Cases & Transactions

Below are the select highlights of our recent work in Employment law:

- Advised an an international technology infrastructure company as to its employment contracts, and employee code of conduct for its operations in Pakistan

- Advised a UAE based news organization as to strategy and documentation for termination of its employees in Pakistan

- Representing a former senior executive in an appeal before the Supreme Court of Pakistan resulting from his unfair dismissal claim against subsidiary of a multinational pharmaceutical company

- Advised an Egyptian company as to its compliance for employment of staff for its anticipated investments in Pakistan

Memberships

Our lawyers are members to the following prestigious organizations pertaining to franchising and distribution:

- International Employment Law Committee, International Law Section, American Bar Association (United States of America)

- International Labor and Employment Law Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, American Bar Association (United States of America)